Diocese of Lexington
Lexingtonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lexington, Kentucky, United States
The Diocese of Lexington is a Latin Rite see covering 50 counties in central and eastern Kentucky, erected in 1988 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Louisville. Bishop John Stowe, a Conventual Franciscan, has led it since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 1988
- Latin
- Lexingtonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001992
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 43,168
- Population
- 1,659,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.6%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 617
- Extent
- 42,535 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Stowe, OFM Conv.
- Born
- 15 April 1966
- Birthplace
- Amherst
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI (O.F.M. Conv.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Lexington, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Louisville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Louisville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LouisvilleLouisville
- Diocese of CovingtonCovington
- Diocese of KnoxvilleKnoxville
- Diocese of MemphisMemphis
- Diocese of NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1988, the Diocese of Lexington (Latin: Dioecesis Lexingtonensis) serves southeastern Kentucky in the United States as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.